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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Mar 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurochem. 2004 Aug;90(4):970–978. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02566.x

Table 3.

Kinetic parameters for DOPA binding to human tyrosine hydroxylase isoforms

Unphosphorylated enzyme
Phosphorylated enzyme
Isoform kona (mM−1 min−1) koffb (min−1) KdcM) kona (mM−1 min−1) koffb (min−1) KdcM)
hTyrH1 18.6 ± 0.6 0.082 ± 0.001 4.45 ± 0.16 61.2 ± 2.4 0.453 ± 0.012 7.41 ± 0.36
hTyrH2 17.4 ± 1.2 0.078 ± 0.001 4.52 ± 0.32 51.6 ± 3.0 0.334 ± 0.005 6.48 ± 0.40
hTyrH3 10.8 ± 0.6 0.034 ± 0.001 3.17 ± 0.21 40.2 ± 1.8 0.235 ± 0.015 5.87 ± 0.47
hTyrH4 14.4 ± 1.2 0.060 ± 0.001 4.21 ± 0.36 35.4 ± 1.2 0.142 ± 0.002 4.02 ± 0.16
Rat TyrHd 39.0 ± 3.6 0.102 ± 0.006 2.70 ± 0.29 66.0 ± 4.8  2.76 ± 0.54 41.7 ± 13.9
a

Conditions: 10% glycerol, 100 mM KCl, 50 mM HEPES, pH 7, 10°C.

b

Conditions: 1 mM DHN, 60 μm DOPA, 10% glycerol, 100 mM KCl, 0.2 mM DTPA, 50 mM HEPES, pH 7, 10°C.

c

Calculated from the corresponding kon and koff values.

d

From reference (McCulloch et al. 2001), determined at 15°C.